Tag: Satellite
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Dawn Aerospace Raises 25 Million USD Series B to Scale Reusable Space Transport
Dawn Aerospace announced the close of its Series B funding round, raising $25 million at a $195 million post-money valuation. The round was led by US-based VC, Balerion Space Ventures. Since its Series A in 2022, Dawn Aerospace has become the leading provider of non-toxic chemical propulsion worldwide with 200 thrusters in space on more…
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Lyntris Acquires Novium for Next-Generation Satellite Payloads
Lyntris, a defense technology company delivering sense-to-act connectivity solutions for the modern, connected battlespace, announced the recent acquisition of Novium, a Houston-based developer of high-precision motion systems serving both space and defense applications, including robotic arms and rovers, radiation-hardened motor controllers, gimbals and the software and embedded systems that drive them. These capabilities are expected…
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Momentus Secures LASP Contract for In-Orbit Services
Momentus, a U.S commercial space company specializing in satellite technology, space transportation, and in-orbit services, announced that it has secured a new commercial contract with the University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) to provide in-orbit services. “We’re proud to support the OWLS mission demonstrating the versatile capabilities of our advanced…
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Portugal Acquires Two Additional ICEYE SAR Satellites for Sovereign Space Intelligence
ICEYE, the European leader in sovereign intelligence from space, announced that CTI Aeroespacial, a joint venture between the Portuguese Air Force and CEiiA, has signed a contract to procure two additional synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite systems to be operated by the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa, FAP). This brings the total number of…
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PiLogic Signs AFRL Agreement to Apply Explainable AI for Spacecraft Power System Diagnostics
PiLogic, the company building explainable artificial intelligence for complex space systems, has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to apply its AI technology to diagnosing and predicting electrical and power failures on spacecraft platforms. The collaboration will focus on adapting PiLogic’s diagnostic models to…
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GITAI Completes Flight Model of S3 Robotic Satellite
GITAI, a U.S.-headquartered space robotics and satellite platform company, announced the completion of the flight model of its S3 robotic satellite mission, a technology demonstration mission designed to validate advanced on-orbit servicing technologies and demonstrate the company’s modular spacecraft architecture supporting future defense-focused low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation services. As governments and commercial operators increasingly…
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Sidus Space’s LizzieSat Completes Vibration Testing Ahead of Expected Fall 2026 Launch
Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, announced that its next LizzieSat has successfully completed vibration testing, a key environmental qualification milestone for SpaceX’s Transporter-18 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, currently scheduled for launch no earlier than October 2026. Vibration testing simulates the intense mechanical loads a spacecraft experiences…
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Katalyst Space Raises $12 Million to Develop NEXUS Robotic Spacecraft
On the heels of its first-of-a-kind mission to boost NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Katalyst Space raised $12 million to develop Katalyst’s NEXUS robotic spacecraft and expand satellite servicing to multi-orbit, multi-mission operations. While the last 20 years have been focused on getting more objects to space, Katalyst builds the vehicles that make work in…
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Aalyria Advances Dynamic Network Management with Spacetime Software Platform
Aalyria, a technology company focused on advanced networking and communications infrastructure, is enabling network operators to manage complex terrestrial, airborne, maritime and space-based communications environments through the Spacetime software platform. Spacetime provides real-time orchestration, routing, resource optimization and network management capabilities across diverse communications architectures, helping operators improve connectivity, operational efficiency and interoperability. Conventional network…
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Avanti and SKY Perfect JSAT Enter into Satellite Purchase Agreement
Avanti Communications and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation have entered into a satellite purchase agreement for the Ka-band communications satellite “HYLAS 3”, which is currently owned and operated by Avanti in geostationary orbit. This acquisition is part of SKY Perfect JSAT’s broader strategy in the Space Business. It is expected to begin operations under the name…